Tackling and blocking dummy for football practice



Aug. 4, 1931. H. GOLDSMITH I 3 3 4 TACKLING'AND BLOCKING numur FORFOOTBALL PRACTICE Fild Sept. 18,' 1928 Tackling dummies, Suspended fromwires,

- arrangement of parts otwhich to give at the 'base so 'ly holding thePateted ug 4, 1931 y l UNITED STATES HUGO GOLDSMITH, or CINGINNATI,OHIO, ASSIGNO'R TO THE GOLDSMITH'SONS con- PANY', OF CINCINNATI, oHIo, A'ooRroRATIoN OF O'I-IIOVV TACKLING AND BLOCKNG DUMMYNFOR rooT'BALL ;e mm

i Application filed September 18 3 19228.` 'Serial No. 306339;

With the prominence and importancewhichthe game of football has assumedin different devices for use' in practice have been in use for a numberof years and blocking dummies which tend to resist the impact of aplayer against them have also been used quite eXtensively. A tacklingdummy, being Suspended from above tends tackled and thrown oi Blockingdummies, on topple over from the opposing player being his feet isachieved.

the other hand, tend to top and are firmly held eil'ect is obtained of aplayer standing rmly on his feet as he would in interfering or blockinga play.

It is the object of my mventon to provide a dummy, which in accordancewith the way the apparatus for supporting the dummyis set, may be usedeither as a tackling dummy or a blocking dummy or both. It is further myobject to provide an overhead suspension system and an'anchoring systemfor reslentdummies at their bases, which be used singly or conjointly.

Systems may which ref The above and other obj ects to erence will bemade in the ensuing I accomplish by that certain combination and I havedisclosed a preferred modification. Referring to the drawings y Figure 1is a sectional view of a preferred type of blocking and tackling du'mmyshown in position being supported both at the base and top.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the dum my shown in section in Figure1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing how y the dummy is aifected bythe impact of a players body against it. e

The dum'my is formed of a cylindrical casing 1 of ,canvas or the likefilled with some soft filler-like sawdust, as is indicated at 2. Thecasing is madewith a hole 3 eXtending down through it' and in order 'tostifi'en the relates to tackling and block-,

that the eliect of an at the'base so that the- 'place the fiexiblebandwith a coiled disclosure in the casing prior to orjduring the filling.Afterinserting the tube &and fillingthecas 'casing a libre shell 4 ortube is disposed withing 'with sawdust the cover is secured at the 4top. The ,casing may 'be suspended from a oable 5 by a ring 6 :which issecured to the up`-' per portion of the dummy with straps 7. i y

" Anchored under the ground I have shown a base plat-e 8, which in thisinstance is a board, having a hoolb'olt 9 secured in the base. Thehooked end 10 ofthebolt extends up through a holein the ground. Theupper 'end of 'the bolt is preferably several inches below the surfaceof the ground so that there wlljbeno danger of players trpping on thehooks. The clummy hasa strap 11 which maybe Secured to the hook. Thestrap is se-,

cnredto an elasticband 12 which permits thetensionofthe resilient membermay be obtain'ed l have Secured the upper part of the band l 2to the topofthe dummy with a strap 13 vvhclrmay be Secured in desir edposition inabuckle let. e jWhile fiexible band has been' found to against it as issuggested by,

permit" a deslredresilience to the mounting of the base it will beentirely practical to re spring SOgJ or other suitable resilient member.A fur,-` ther modification ofthe specific arrangement shown m'a y beachieved by insertinga flexible band' connecting' the strapsg' with'th'ering 6` as is indicated at lin Figure 3, The dummy is normally usedsupported on its-own base.

vIn using *the dum'my practically; any type of play canbe practced. .Iffortexample the players' are: practicing'tackling, the strap 11 maybedisengaged from the hook and the efect of a dummy suspended from its'top may be acquired. Ifthe players are practicing blocking the topsupport may be released and the dummy held only at the base. For othertypes of play, both the top and base 'may be Secured as indicated.

' I am 'aware that in the past it has been. v suggested to attach a ropewith a counter- 'balanced weight to the `base of a tackling dummy sothat theweight Wlll exert a force opposed to the displacement of thedummy,

but all such arrangements I disclaim as a resilient support is essentialto the successful operation of my invention. With the base of the dummyheld resiliently With a fiexible member attached to the top, as I havedescribed, the stronger the impact of a play er hurling his body againstthe dummy, the stronger Will be thetendency for the dummy 10 to rebound.Thus if a player does not throyv his Weight squarely against the dummy,t Will rebound and slip by him much as a player would do in actual play.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1.' A football tackling and blocking dumm'y comprising a stufl edcylindrical casing having a rigid tubular reinforcement extending 20through said casing, a fiexible member eX- tending through said tubularreinforcement having means for attachment to an anchor, and a resilientmember connected to said fleX ible member.

25 2. A football tackling and blocking dummy comprsing a stufi'edcylindrical casing having a rigid tubular reinforcement extendingthrough said casng, a flexible member extending through said tubularreinforcement 30 having means for attachment to an anchor, and aresilient member connected to said flexible member, and means foradjnsting the tension of said resilient member.

3. A football tackling and blocking 3:, clummy comprising a stuffedcylindrical casing having a rigid tubular reinforcement extendingthrough said casing, a flexible member extending through said tubularreinforcement having means for attachment to an a anchor, and aresilient member connected to said fiexible member, and another fiexiblemember supporting said dummy and Secured to the top of said dummy.

4:. A football tackling and blocking dummy 4.3 comprising a stuffedcasing having a passage extending therethrough, a tubular reinforcementextending through said passage, a fieXible member extending through saidtubular reinforcement provided With means for m attachment to an anchor,a resilient member connected to said fiexible member, and means forrestraining free movement of the upper end of said dummy.

HUGO GOLDSMITH.

